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PREAMBLE ................................... vii
CHAPTER
I. MRS. DODGE AND MRS. CROMWELL....... 1
II. A LADY ACROSS THE STREET........... 15
III. PERVERSITY OF A TELEPHONE.......... 24
IV. A GREAT MAN’S WIFE................. 33
V. ONE OF MRS. CROMWELL’S DAUGHTERS... 47
VI. SALLIE EALING...................... 63
VII. NAPOLEON WAS A LITTLE MAN.......... 79
VIII. MRS. DODGE’S ONLY DAUGHTER......... 90
IX. MRS. DODGE’S HUSBAND............... 104
X. LILY’S ALMOST FIRST ENGAGEMENT..... 110
XI. MRS. CROMWELL’S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.. 126
XII. HER HAPPIEST HOUR.................. 142
XIII. HEARTBREAK......................... 164
XIV. MRS. DODGE’S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOUR... 172
XV. MRS. DODGE DECLINES TO TELL........ 182
XVI. MRS. LESLIE BRAITHWAITE’S HUSBAND.. 206
XVII. “DOLLING”.......................... 216
XVIII. LILY’S FRIEND ADA.................. 223
XIX. PARENTS IN DARKNESS................ 246
XX. DAMSEL DARK, DAMSEL FAIR........... 254
XXI. MRS. CROMWELL’S NIECE.............. 263
XXII. WALLFLOWER......................... 275
XXIII. THE STRANGE MIRROR................. 290
XXIV. TRANSFIGURATION.................... 297
XXV. GLAMOUR CAN BE KEPT................ 309
XXVI. DESERT SAND........................ 314
XXVII. MIRACULOUS ACCIDENT................ 327
XXVIII. A PUBLIC MOCKERY................... 345
XXIX. MRS. CROMWELL’S OLDEST DAUGHTER.... 362
XXX. MRS. CROMWELL’S SONS-IN-LAW........ 400
XXXI. THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER............. 410